About the collection, co-founder Saurabh Maurya adds, “I made a promise to myself since the beginning that every season, I will explore a previously undiscovered or unseen form of craft. For this collection, we chose ‘Chattai’ draped in various forms and structures with suspended human symbols to make conceptual pieces because it reminds me of sitting in the sun at home, feeling protected and having that feeling of being “home”.
With the world on the move and displacements becoming more painful than ever, Margn’s Autumn/Winter 2022/23 collection exemplifies the perilous journeys of immigrants, especially refugees and their trajectories of displacement, their suffering, need, and their courage to keep going on. This collection aims at sparking a conversation on whether borders and divisions precede being human. Breaking artificial hierarchies and social constructs, a culture is proposed – a culture where humanity precedes everything. The concept is knitted to clothing through symbolic compositions, humanoid symbols, uniforms of humanity, signature argyle patterns, valves and upcycled water pipes representing the interconnectedness amongst all of us. These ideas are presented alongside a language of sartorial tailoring and redefined knitwear. The looks speak about protection and love, courage and community. A sense of freedom continues as tailoring and smaller details become messengers. Non-conforming silhouettes and layers are re-fashioned in the form of a backless overshirt, alien-knits, and skirt with loops, taking a rebellious approach towards staples.
Sustaining their belief in working with smaller communities, with this collection, the label has continued partnership with the all women’s community which resides in the northern Himalayas and which has been creating their signature pieces such as argyles and ikats since their inception.
About Margn
Founded at the brink of a global humanitarian crisis in 2020, Margn focuses on human-centric design to bring home the fact that despite and beyond perceived differences, we are all humans . The ‘human’ beyond any boundaries forms the core of the ergonomics of its products as also the conception and production of collections. With a focus on exploring unfamiliar cultures, Margn brings unconventional staples rendered for the future of humanity. A humanoid shape (akin to the one used in the Margn’s symbol) is used throughout its design to create symbolic patterns that evoke emotions, mirroring the core concept of each collection.
Date 26-09-2022